Reading, PA-- The St. Mary's College of Maryland Baseball Team (8-16) took on Penn State Berks (9-21) in a road United East Conference Doubleheader. The Seahawks came up just short in game one (7 innings), falling 8-7, but bounced back in a big way for game two, winning by a final score of 18-1. 

How It Happened (Game 1)

• St. Mary's opened up the first inning with a bang when Cole Tarleton blasted a two run homer to get the Seahawks on the board first. Gsvin Wathen reached base earlier in the inning on a Nittany Lion error. That homer would give Tarleton six on the year. 

• Gavin Wathen would load the bases in the top of the second inning after a successful bunt attempt. Trevor Smith would go on to score in the inning for an unearned run to give St. Mary's a 3-0 advantage. Penn State Berks would respond over the middle innings with two runs scored in the third, fourth and fifth to take a 6-3 lead.

• The Seahawk offense would wake up again in the top of the sixth thanks to yet another home run. Gavin Wathen connected on a two run shot to get St. Mary's back to within one. George Berbakos tied the game later in the inning on a sacrifice fly ball that sent home Chase O'Dell. The tied game would be short lived after another two run inning from the Nittany Lions pushed the lead back up to two.

• Ian Walters opened the top of the seventh with a solo home run to get St. Mary's to within one. Despite getting so close, the Seahawks could not get the tying run around and dropped game one, 8-7.  

Inside the Box Score (Game 1)

• Cole Tarleton, Gavin Wathen, and Ian Walters all connected on home runs.

• Tarleton paced the Seahawks with two hits and three RBI's

• Erik Thomas pitched three and two thirds innings and gave up four earned runs, striking out three. Ryder Chalk and Tommy Brill also both made appearances on the mound.  

How It Happened (Game 2)

• The Seahawks got the scoring started in the top of the second, taking a 3-0 lead. Trevor Smith doubled down the line to send home Ian Walters and Dan Weeden for the first two runs of the inning. A few batters later, Gavin Wathen would connect on an RBI double that sent home Trevor Smith. 

• After a few more scoreless innings, The Seahawks would once again see their bats get hot in the top of the fifth. George Berbakos singled to get a runner home moments before Dan Weeden executed a perfect sacrifice fly tha saw Berbakos score from third. The Nittany Lions added their lone run of the ball game in the bottom of the sixth, but the Seahawks responded with one of their own in the top of the seventh when Ian Walters connected on an RBI single.

• St. Mary's would conclude the game with 12 runs scored over the final two innings. Gavin Wathen and Ian Walters both hit two run homers in the top of the eighth, while George Berbakos contributed an RBI double. The ninth inning proved to be the most impressive for the Seahawks. Most notably, Trevor Smith sent two runs home on an RBI triple, which was followed by a Ben Adkins RBI single. The Seaahwks would dominate in game two, winning 18-1.

Inside the Box Score (Game 2)

• Trevor Smith paced the Seahawks in RBIs with four.

• Eight different Seahawks would register a hit in the contest.

• Cole Tarleton had a team high three hits

• Jake Sandridge has an impressive outing on the mound, pitching a complete game. Sandridge gave up just one earned run and struck out a whopping 11 batters. Sandridge put up these impressive numbers while facing 40 batters. 

Up Next for the Seahawks

Apr. 22 | vs. Penn State Berks | 11:00AM | Reading, PA

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